Jimmy Coates: Power. Joe Craig

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      Jimmy Coates: Power

      Joe Craig

      

       The country is under attack, but the people don’t know the truth. Is Jimmy too late to save even himself?

      To Mary-Ann Ochota, always.

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

       Excerpt

       Dedication

       07 LUCK OF THE EGYPTIAN

       08 DOCTOR’S ORDERS

       09 THE OTHER WING

       10 THE HOLLINGDALE INCIDENT

       11 RATE OF DILAPIDATION

       12 THE CORPORATION

       13 WHAT’S UP. DOC?

       14 POWER AND LOYALTY

       15 ERT IT

       16 POWER AND CONTROL

       17 PUPPET SHOW

       18 VISITING HOUR

       19 MESSING ABOUT ON THE RIVER

       20 THE MAKING OF A MONSTER

       21 TIME TO SHOOT

       22 POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY

       23 BURYING A HATCHET

       24 THE LAIR OF THE RIVER SPIDER

       25 MESSAGES SENT

       Acknowledgment

       About The Author

       Other Books By

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       01 THE MESSAGE

      “This is Jimmy Coates…”

      The boy paused and stared harder into the lens of the tiny camera attached to the top of the computer monitor. His eyes didn’t flicker. “I mean, I am Jimmy Coates.” He could hear his voice trembling, but he knew he had to go on. He had to get his message out—tell his story. Tell people the truth.

      “This is going to sound like the craziest—” He cut himself short, startled by a noise behind him. He looked round. The glow from the lamp-post outside filtered through the slats of the Venetian blinds and the rain on the windows, lighting the small second-floor office in disfigured orange lines, like diseased skin. Nothing had changed.

      He glanced again at the infrared detector in the corner of the ceiling. He knew it wouldn’t be flashing. Only minutes earlier he’d disabled the office’s alarm system. But if anybody passed by the building they might notice the gleam from the computer screen. If they investigated any further and saw Jimmy’s makeshift rewiring of the entry system at the door, they’d certainly call the police. There wasn’t meant to be anybody in the office of the Hailsham Gazette this late at night.

      “I know I look like a normal boy,” Jimmy went on, trying to steady his breathing so he could get the words out. “I’m twelve. But…” Again he stopped himself. His mouth wouldn’t form the words. They raced through his head, but he couldn’t force them out. He wanted to scream everything at once: I’m the perfect assassin. They made me that way. They designed my DNA in a test tube…

      At the same time he knew that some parts of the truth were better left out. Nobody would believe him, and if they did, they’d be terrified instead of listening to what he had to say.

      Jimmy forced himself to concentrate and adjusted the direction of the webcam, making sure his face was clear on the monitor. It was so strange seeing himself like this. His features didn’t look like his own. His cheeks were thinner and his eyes looked grey.

      But in front of him on the desk was something that strengthened his resolve. It was the latest edition of the Gazette. The headline leapt out: BRAVE BRITAIN TO

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